Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Dante Majeroni

died 2017 · Cumberland County Jail, Cumberland County, Maine

Dante Majeroni was a man his mother, Rossana Natalini, remembers as a wonderful kid who loved his friends, loved sports and was always trying to help people. She says he struggled with PTSD and depression. He died by suicide in 2017 while held in the Cumberland County Jail in Maine. Natalini says he wrote on the wall of his cell that he was going to kill himself and that he was crying for help, and she has since advocated to prevent deaths in Maine's jails and prisons.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. His mother, Rossana Natalini, says he wrote on the wall of his cell that he was going to kill himself and that he was crying for help.

Reported by: Rossana Natalini, his mother (family or their lawyers).

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